Genesis 14
GEN 14:1 And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch
king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,
GEN 14:2 they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of
Bela, which `is' Zoar.
GEN 14:3 All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which
`is' the Salt Sea;
GEN 14:4 twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they
rebelled.
GEN 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who `are'
with him, and they smite the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham,
and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
GEN 14:6 and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which `is' by the
wilderness;
GEN 14:7 and they turn back and come in unto En-Mishpat, which `is' Kadesh, and
smite the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in
Hazezon-Tamar.
GEN 14:8 And the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king
of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which `is' Zoar; and
they set the battle in array with them in the valley of Siddim,
GEN 14:9 with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel
king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with the five.
GEN 14:10 And the valley of Siddim `is' full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the
mountain.
GEN 14:11 And they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole
of their food, and go away;
GEN 14:12 and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in
Sodom), and his substance, and go away.
GEN 14:13 And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and
he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and
brother of Aner, and they `are' Abram's allies.
GEN 14:14 And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he
draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto
Dan.
GEN 14:15 And he divideth himself against them by night, he and his servants,
and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which `is' at the left of
Damascus;
GEN 14:16 and he bringeth back the whole of the substance, and also Lot his
brother and his substance hath he brought back, and also the women and the
people.
GEN 14:17 And the king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his turning back
from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who `are' with him), unto the
valley of Shaveh, which `is' the king's valley.
GEN 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem hath brought out bread and wine, and he
`is' priest of God Most High;
GEN 14:19 and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed `is' Abram to God Most High,
possessing heaven and earth;
GEN 14:20 and blessed `is' God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries
into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all.
GEN 14:21 And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, `Give to me the persons, and
the substance take to thyself,'
GEN 14:22 and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, `I have lifted up my hand unto
Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth --
GEN 14:23 from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which
thou hast, that thou say not, I -- I have made Abram rich;
GEN 14:24 save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the
men who have gone with me -- Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre -- they take their
portion.'
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